The label above the
keyboard gives: "Henry Holland NEPHEW and SUCCESSOR to Mr Pyke/Organbuilder
to His Majesty/Bedford Row and St James's Street PICCADILLY". A graffito
under the organ shows that it was not Holland who made it: "Ed. White
Invent et Delinea/May ye 30th 1788".
It was made for
Osterley Park, restored in 1955 by Noel Mander, spent some time at The
Vine in Hampshire, and has now been returned to Osterley, on loan to
the National Trust from the owner, Augustine Ford. The organ was restored
by Edward Bennett during the winter of 2000-2001.
The organ has St
Diapason, Principal and Fifteenth, with bass and treble knobs for each
stop on either side of the keyboard. The shifting movement removes the
Fifteenth. All the pipes are made of pine.
The compass is GG
AA - f³, with the bass/treble division at bº/c¹. An internal
blower and a trolley have been provided so that the organ can be moved
for concerts and weddings.